History ElementalPowers / VideoGames

** [[GreenThumb Flowers]]/Death: Marluxia. Can blind you in ''358/2 Days'', making you miss enemies much more often.

*** [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Spark Mandrill]]: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]]

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' has multiple powersets for using many elements for ranged and melee attacks, defensive armors, [[StandardStatusEffects controls]], and [[StatusBuff buffs]] and debuffs. Elements available include Fire, Wind (Storm), Electricity, Ice, Darkness, Energy, and one of the few heroic examples of Radiation, used by one unambiguously heroic character.

** The original ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'' is probably the absolute king of elements in the whole franchise, with 10 damaging magic types,[[note]]Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth, Electric, Nuclear, Force, Gravity, Expel, and Death[[/note]] 3 healing/status elements,[[note]]Miracle, Curse, and Nerve[[/note].]

* The original ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' started out with just [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] plants, [[ElementalRockPaperScissors whose effects canceled each other out]], meaning they couldn't be used effectively together. PVZ also has the unique case of Blover, who can literally BlowYouAway. One of the first plants introduced in [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime the sequel]] is the [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Reed]], who hits zombies with weak ChainLightning. By ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare Garden Warfare 2]]'', there are plants encompassing quite a few elements, most notably the different elemental versions of Peashooter. There's [[AnIcePerson Snow Pea]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire Peashooter]], [[PoisonousPerson Toxic Pea]], [[DishingOutDirt Rock Pea]], [[ShockAndAwe Electro Pea]] and [[CastingAShadow Shadow Peashooter]].

Examples of ElementalPowers in video games.

!!Examples:

** There are ''eighteen'' types: [[BigCreepyCrawlies Bug]], [[CastingAShadow Da]][[CombatPragmatist rk]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]], [[ShockAndAwe Electric]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fai]][[TheFairFolk ry]], [[SupernaturalMartialArts Figh]][[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ting]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[BlowYouAway Fly]][[WingedTropes ing]], [[SoulPower Gho]][[OurGhostsAreDifferent st]], [[GreenThumb Grass]], [[DishingOutDirt Ground]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[NonElemental Normal]], [[PoisonousPerson Poison]], [[PsychicPowers Psychic]], [[RockMonster Ro]][[GemstoneAssault ck]], [[ExtraOreDinary Steel]], and [[MakingASplash Water]]. To make it even more complicated, a Pokémon can either have one of those types, or have ''two'' types and get the Weaknesses and Resistances of both. The card series uses a simplified version of the games elements and combines some of them together: Grass (Grass, Bug, or Poison in early sets[[note]]reassigned to Psychic in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' expansion set[[/note]]), Fire, Water (Water or Ice), Electric, Psychic (Psychic, Ghost, and Poison in later sets[[note]]reassigned from Grass in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' expansion set[[/note]]), Fighting (Fighting, Rock, or Ground), Darkness (Dark), Metal (Steel), Dragon[[note]]made its own card type in the ''Dragon Vault'' expansion set[[/note]], Fairy, and Colorless (Normal, Flying, or Dragon in earlier sets[[note]]made its own card type in the ''Dragon Vault'' expansion set[[/note]]).

** Necromantic: [[TheNecromancer Self-explanatory]]. Necronomiconomics loves this damage type, and you'll be facing it a lot.

* The elements [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Water]], [[BlowYouAway Air]] and [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] appear in the game ''VideoGame/DragonRage'', though only Ceal Cyndar and General Mandek can use them all.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** There are ''eighteen'' types: [[BigCreepyCrawlies Bug]], [[CastingAShadow Da]][[CombatPragmatist rk]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]], [[ShockAndAwe Electric]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fai]][[TheFairFolk ry]], [[SupernaturalMartialArts Figh]][[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ting]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[BlowYouAway Fly]][[WingedTropes ing]], [[SoulPower Gho]][[OurGhostsAreDifferent st]], [[GreenThumb Grass]], [[DishingOutDirt Ground]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[NonElemental Normal]], [[PoisonousPerson Poison]], [[PsychicPowers Psychic]], [[RockMonster Ro]][[GemstoneAssault ck]], [[ExtraOreDinary Steel]], and [[MakingASplash Water]]. To make it even more complicated, a Pokémon can either have one of those types, or have ''two'' types and get the Weaknesses and Resistances of both. The card series uses a simplified version of the games elements and combines some of them together: Grass (Grass, Bug, or Poison in early sets[[note]]reassigned to Psychic in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' expansion set[[/note]]), Fire, Water (Water or Ice), Electric, Psychic (Psychic, Ghost, and Poison in later sets[[note]]reassigned from Grass in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' expansion set[[/note]]), Fighting (Fighting, Rock, or Ground), Darkness (Dark), Metal (Steel), Dragon[[note]]made its own card type in the ''Dragon Vault'' expansion set[[/note]], Fairy, and Colorless (Normal, Flying, or Dragon in earlier sets[[note]]made its own card type in the ''Dragon Vault'' expansion set[[/note]]).
** Shadow is a pseudo-type that, so far, only exists in the ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' games. Technically it is the only element that is a temporary one as well as potential for Pokémon to have a third possible "type", but in certain circles, it still counts as a type in and of itself.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'':
** The sun Goddess Amaterasu eventually gains Elemental powers over the Sun, Moon, Wind, Water, Wood, Electricity, Ice, and Fire.
** Each of Orochi's eight heads also have an elemental type associated with each of them: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Electricity, Light, Dark, and Poison. The Fire head is the only one that actually talks.
* ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' uses the four traditional elements, with a fifth one needed for life... ''Pizza''. In the words of Dr Cranium "Would you want to live in a world without Pizza?" We cannot fault his logic. The Pizza thing became a recurring joke in the last two games. So much that the Creator/AGDInteractive VGA FanRemake of the second game (where the player must defeat 4 elementals) includes a Pizza Elemental as a BonusBoss.
* The ''VideoGame/MagicalVacation'' series really stretches the definition of what counts as "Elemental Powers", with characters having powers over Sound, Beauty, Poison, Bug, Beast, Machinery, and Love along with the more traditional ones. The sequal simplifies it to Air, Earth, Water, Grass, Fire, Light and Dark.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' and ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Black Magic is usually based around Elemental Powers, with Thunder, Blizzard, and Fire being common Black Magic spells. Less commonly, Holy, Dark, Wind, Earth, and Water are also mixed in.
** Blue Mages or other casters not directly connected to the classic classes often cover the more unusual elements. White Mages often get Holy, though.
** "Gravity" is a class of spells which deals percentage-based damage but is generally not directly associated with an element (unless it's associated with Darkness, in which case it takes off an extra fraction of damage to those weak against it). There are also countless "non-elemental" spells like Flare and Ultima.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', the last boss Chaos has the powers of the four elemental fiends at his command, and thus uses the powerful elemental spells Blaze, Tsunami, Tornado and Earthquake. This is echoed in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', where Chaos' original form Garland has these spells as well. What's more, Garland's SwissArmyWeapon has four alternate forms, each symbolizing an element, and he uses each form to launch that element's attack.

* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', Organization XIII members have their own "attribute". Most of the time, they use elemental attacks based on their attribute. Axel controls fire, Demyx controls water, Xaldin controls wind, etc. Others just use their attribute as a source of power (Saïx), or visual motifs (Marluxia). Or it's just very tangentially related to their fighting style (Luxord's timer is the extent of his time attribute). In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', these elements are extended to Heartless enemies as well, and each one is given a status effect.
** [[PowerOfTheVoid Nothingness]]: Xemnas. Can null your defense in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[GravityMaster Space]]: Xigbar. Can "shoe-glue" you in ''358/2 Days'', preventing you from jumping.
** [[BlowYouAway Wind]]: Xaldin. Can "air-toss" you, making you fall to the ground if you're in the air.
** [[AnIcePerson Ice]]: Vexen. Can freeze you in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth]]: Lexaeus. Can halve your health in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[MasterOfIllusion Illusion]]: Zexion. Can "flip-foot" you in ''358/2 Days'', reversing your controls.
** [[{{Lunacy}} Moon]]: Saïx. Can silence you in ''358/2 Days'', preventing you from casting magic.
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]: Axel. Can ignite you in ''358/2 Days'', making you lose small amounts of health at intervals.
** [[MakingASplash Water]]: Demyx. Can damage-drain you, healing the enemy if you get hit by their water attack.
** [[TimeMaster Time]]: Luxord. Can rewind your defense in ''358/2 Days'', setting your defense back to what it was at level 1.
** [[GreenThumb Flowers]]/Death: Marluxia. Can blind you in ''358/2 Days'', making you miss enemies much more often.
** [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]]: Larxene. Can shock you in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[LightEmUp Light]]: Roxas and Xion. Can zap your radar in ''358/2 Days'', messing with your minimap.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', especially the Masou Kishin portion of the series. They are not called The Lord of Elementals for nothing.
** Earth: Zamzeed piloted by [[AscendedFanboy Mio Sasuga]].
** Fire: Granveil piloted by [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Hwang Yang Long]].
** Air: Cybuster piloted by [[NoSenseOfDirection Masaki Andoh]], the main character.
** Water: Goddess piloted by [[NiceGirl Tytti Noorbuck]].
* Zelguard's first three attacks in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' are based on [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] (Ignest), [[MakingASplash Water]] (Vartex), and [[BlowYouAway Wind]] (Tempesta).
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' had [[HavingABlast Bomb Man]], [[DishingOutDirt Guts Man]], [[ShockAndAwe Elec Man]], [[AnIcePerson Ice Man]], and [[PlayingWithFire Fire Man]].
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' had bosses based on four of the 5 chinese elements AND three of the 4 classical elements:
*** Metal Man: [[ExtraOreDinary Metal]] (obviously)
*** Wood Man: [[GreenThumb Wood]] (obviously)
*** Bubble Man: [[MakingASplash Water]]
*** Heat Man: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]
*** Air Man: [[BlowYouAway Air]]
*** It also had a TimeMaster in Flash Man, who was also AnIcePerson and [[HavingABlast Crash Man]].
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' had a few like this as well: [[MagnetismManipulation Magnet Man]], [[ShockAndAwe Spark Man]], [[PoisonousPerson Snake Man]], [[LightEmUp Gemini]] [[MakingASplash Man]].
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'': [[MakingASplash Toad Man]], [[LightEmUp Bright]] [[TimeMaster Man]], [[PlayingWithFire Pharaoh]] [[ThePowerOfTheSun Man]], [[CastingAShadow Skull Man]], [[HavingABlast Drill]] [[DishingOutDirt Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'': [[MakingASplash Wave Man]], [[StarPower Star Man]], [[GravityMaster Gravity Man]], [[GemstoneAssault Crystal Man]], [[DishingOutDirt Stone Man]], [[HavingABlast Napalm Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'': [[PlayingWithFire Flame Man]], [[AnIcePerson Blizzard Man]], [[BlowYouAway Wind Man]], [[LightEmUp Centaur]] [[TimeMaster Man]], [[GreenThumb Plant Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'': [[MakingASplash Burst]] [[HavingABlast Man]], [[AnIcePerson Freeze Man]], [[BlowYouAway Cloud]] [[ShockAndAwe Man]], [[CastingAShadow Shade Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': [[BlowYouAway Tengu Man]], [[AnIcePerson Frost Man]], [[PlayingWithFire Sword Man]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Man]], [[ShockAndAwe Clown Man]], [[SpaceMaster Astro Man]], [[HavingABlast Grenade Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'': [[SpaceMaster Galaxy Man]], [[BlowYouAway Tornado Man]], [[GemstoneAssault Jewel Man]], [[MakingASplash Splash Woman]], [[MagmaMan Magma Man]], [[DishingOutDirt Concrete Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'': [[ShockAndAwe Sheep Man]], [[MakingASplash Pump Man]], [[PlayingWithFire Solar]] [[LightEmUp Man]], [[AnIcePerson Chill Man]], [[HavingABlast Commando Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'': [[DishingOutDirt Block Man]], [[ShockAndAwe Fuse Man]], [[HavingABlast Blast Man]], [[PoisonousPerson Acid Man]], [[AnIcePerson Tundra Man]], [[PlayingWithFire Torch Man]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' had bosses that represented 8 of the elements:
*** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Chill Penguin]]: [[AnIcePerson Ice]]
*** [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Spark Mandrill]]: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]]
*** Armored Armadillo: [[DishingOutDirt Earth]]
*** [[CombatTentacles Launch Octopus]]: [[MakingASplash Water]]
*** Flame Mammoth: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]
*** [[FeatheredFiend Storm Eagle]]: [[BlowYouAway Wind]]
*** [[HollywoodChameleons Sting Chameleon]]: [[HolyHandGrenade Light]] (his weapon is an optical laser of sorts)
*** Boomer Kuwanger: Probably the odd one out, but could be [[CastingAShadow Darkness]] as he employs frequent ninja tactics.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Genji}}: Dawn of a Samurai'' there are four basic elements which can be use both by the player and the enemies and each of them has a status effect and color: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] (Red, [[ManOnFire set ablaze]]), [[AnIcePerson Ice]] (Blue, [[HumanPopsicle freeze]]), [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]] (Yellow, paralyze) and [[PoisonousPerson Poison]] ([[TechnicolorToxin Purple]], intoxicate).
* The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series:
** The four elements are represented by planets: Jupiter (wind and lightning), Mars (fire and lava), Mercury (water and ice), and Venus (earth, plants, and curses for some reason).
** Nearly all of the major characters are "Adepts" with elemental powers, and the player gets one or two party members per element. It also tends to follow the PersonalityPowers connotations, with (for example) Ivan (Air, which includes lightning attacks here) being quiet and thoughtful, most Fire Adepts tending to be brash and aggressive, water (and ice too) characters being more even and level-headed, and of course Isaac, Felix, and Matthew (Earth) being {{Heroic Mime}}s. The game categorizes all the magic as one of these four elements, with one [[MindOverMatter exception]], even when there's not much of a link between the spell and the element (i.e. stat-in/decreasing spells and some of the puzzle-solving ones). None of the other elements get used, actually.
** ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' [[spoiler: ends by adding [[LightEmUp light]] and [[CastingAShadow darkness]] to the setting. [[EpilepticTrees We can only guess]] how they'll play into future installments of the series.]]
* Playable characters in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' come in one of six elements, [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[BlowYouAway Wind]], [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[LightEmUp Light]] and [[CastingAShadow Dark]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** This is present in the series' Destruction school of magic. The three elemental types are [[FireIceLightning Fire, Frost, and Shock]]. While the exact effects of each type vary depending on the game, they generally follow the following formula: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] spells tend to deal the most direct damage, cost the least [[{{Mana}} Magicka]] to use, and often have the effect of continuing to burn the target for some time after the initial impact. [[AnIcePerson Frost]] spells tend to do the least direct damage, but typically have secondary effects of slowing the movement speed of targets after they've been hit as well as draining the target's Stamina. This makes Frost spells especially effective against enemy melee combatants. [[ShockAndAwe Shock]] spells typically deal damage somewhere in between Fire and Frost, cost the most Magicka, (if ranged) sometimes strike instantly (similar to a {{hitscan}} attack), and sometimes drain Magicka in addition to damaging health. This makes Shock spells especially effective against enemy spellcasters. A fourth "element" covered by the Destruction school is [[PoisonousPerson Poison]]-based magic, which often deals little direct damage but drains the health of the target over a longer period of time.
** Atronachs are a type of unaligned [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] which are essentially the {{Elemental Embodiment}}s of the elements they represent. The most common are the Flame (also known as "Fire"), Frost, and Storm varieties. Others include [[AllYourPowersCombined Air]], [[PoisonousPerson Flesh]], [[ExtraOreDinary Iron]], and [[DishingOutDirt Stone]]. They typically attack with spells of the element they represent while also being immune to spells of that element.
** The "Dragonborn" DLC in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' adds a Destruction spell that knocks back enemies in melee range with a [[BlowYouAway whirlwind]].
* In the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' series, the world's magic is governed by eight elemental spirits: Gnome (earth), Undine (water), Sylphid/Jinn (wind), Salamander (fire), Lumina (light), Shade (darkness), Luna or Aura (the moon or gold, respectively), and Dryad (wood/Mana).
* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' has six elements, which oppose each other in pairs. The pairs are Fire and Water, Light and Darkness, and Wind and Chronos (a.k.a. Time).
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has the four elements of Fire, Water, Lightning, and Shadow. Interestingly, even though Robo's laser attacks are all based on technology instead of magic, they are considered "Shadow". This makes more sense in the remake, where Lightning and Shadow are clarified to be Light/Purity and Shadow/Impurity. Hence, an imperfect energy attack generated by techonology by a being without the ability to cast magic naturally is quite impure. Lightning is just the traditional manafestation of the divine in many cultures.
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', set in a HeavyMetal world, features an appropriate selection of four elements: Metal, Noise, Blood, and Fire (which are actually [[spoiler:the four elements that made up Ormagöden before his death]]). Although "magic" attacks in the game are not directly associated with them, they all fall into one element in one way or another.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'''s Patchouli Knowledge is known as the "one-week wizard" for a reason -- along with the five oriental elements (fire, water, wood, metal, and earth), she can control solar and lunar power as well (each element corresponds to a day of the week in the Japanese calendar). She can even combine multiple elements for her attacks, up to the five-element "Philosopher's Stone".

* In ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series, both Raziel (and Kain in ''Defiance'') can obtain elemental power ups for the Reaver. Raziel started with the Spectral/Material reaver and could gain: [[CastingAShadow Darkness]], [[LightEmUp Light]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[BlowYouAway Air]], [[AnIcePerson Water]] and [[GravityMaster Earth]]. Discarded Reavers include [[MakeMeWannaShout the Sound Reaver]], [[DishingOutDirt the Stone Reaver]], [[LightEmUp the Sunlight Reaver]] and the [[SoulPower Ariel Reaver]].
** Kain's power ups for the Reaver includes: [[BloodyMurder Balance]], [[EnemyCivilWar Conflict]], [[{{Teleportation}} Dimension]], [[ShockAndAwe Energy]] and [[TimeStandsStill Time]].
* The later games in the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' series, from ''Bane of the Cosmic Forge'' onward, use six spheres of magic-fire (also folding in light and general energy), water (including ice), air (involving lots of poison, oddly enough), earth (including acid and wild/nature), mind (lots of weird/limited use spells, but also some directly offensive ones), and magic (which also includes holy/light). Mages mostly specialize in fire and water, alchemists in earth and air, psionics in mind, and priests in magic, but all spellcasters pick up an array of spells from all spheres.
* In the first ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' game, there are eight temples for the eight elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Darkness, and Light. Spellcasting characters can use spells from each element except for darkness, which for some reason doesn't have spells usable by playable characters other than one of Sheena's summons late in the game. In the second Tales of Symphonia game, each character is assigned a different element.
** Also in ''Tales of Symphonia'' was heart, which [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the spirit can't be used and there are no techs of the element]], [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower but by the sequel the element becomes much more important]]. Other non-tech elements seen in Tales of in general also included the sea, monsters, origin, and sound.
* While the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series generally shies away from this, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'' uses as the basis for their magic system ten elements, represented by cards:
** Salamander: Fire
** Serpent: Water and Ice combined
** Mandragoras: Plant
** Golem: Earth
** Cockatrice: Stone
** Manticore: Poison
** Griffin: Wind
** Thunderbird: Lightning
** Unicorn: Light
** Black Dog: Dark
*** While some enemy varieties(ie. demons) have representatives for a few of these elements, the Armor enemies have (at least) one for each.
* ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'' has a system based off both [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing the Five Elements]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_gua the Eight Trigrams]][[note]]specifically, the "Later Heaven" order[[/note]]. The eight characters in the party fit into the Eight Trigrams concept (to the point of it being used in the manga/anime to track down one of them), and their powers are also tied to it, yet the {{Combination Attack}}s utilise the Five Elements version (with wood, metal and earth assigned to two characters each -- and two of them aren't even tied to the same [[TheFourGods holy beast]]).
* ''VideoGame/VisionsAndVoices'' has five elements: [[FireIceLightning Cold, Fire, Shock]], [[CastingAShadow Necrotic]], and [[LightEmUp Radiant]]. Five of the playable characters specialize in one element, and one character can switch between light and dark skillsets.
* All over the place in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', with each of the Arcana representing a particular element -- fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, and yes...even [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway "heart"]] (it's [[MoreThanMeetsTheEye more dangerous than it sounds]]...TakeOurWordForIt). Each of the girls has their particular preference, but the player can use [[PowersAsPrograms whatever Arcana they want]] when selecting a character.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' the classical elements are used in full force by mages (for example, Azar Javed is a fire mage, who attacks with fire, and summons a monster from the planes of fire.). MadScientist Kalkstein however mentions he has a theory that is effectively a basic description of atoms.
** Wizards in Witcher's world call upon the elements for [[strike:mana points]] magical power they use for spells. Water is easiest to channel, requiring but to find a ley line, so it's the one taught to wizardry students. Earth requires much strength to get magic from it, while Air is technically difficult. Fire offers great power that is easy to reach, but also is a poster child for WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.
* ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}}'' has two sets for the two sets of rings you collect, the first are the four demons: Machival (Dark), Luminar (Light), Titus (Earth) and Pyrul (Fire), the second set are the four dragons of Water, Forest, Four Winds, and Jade. Each ring (eventually) unlocks two different summons related to its element.
* ''VideoGame/LightCrusader'' has Air, Fire, Earth and Water. You can mix the elements to create unique spells like Needlecrack.
* The four Classical elements form the basis of ''VideoGame/{{Quest 64}}''[='s=] magic system.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' series, there are several weapons related to elements and magics. In total we had:
** [[ShockAndAwe Thunder/Darkness]]: Dark blue, used with [[CoolSword Raizan, Buraitou]] and [[DoubleWeapon Raisen]].
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]: Red, used with [[{{BFS}} Enryuu, Rekka Ken]] and [[WhipSword Enja]].
** [[BlowYouAway Wind]]: Green, used with [[DoubleWeapon Shippu and Senpumaru]].
** [[AnIcePerson Ice]]: Light Blue, used with [[BladeOnAStick Hyoujin Yari]] and [[EpicFlail Hyousai]].
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth/Magma]]: Orange, used with [[DropTheHammer Dokotsui]] and [[AnAxeToGrind Chigo]].
** [[LightEmUp Light]]: Yellow, used with [[DualWielding Tenso]].
** [[RazorWind Sky]]: Teal, used with [[EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana Kuga]].

* In ''VideoGame/UltimaVIII: Pagan'', much of the plot involves the Avatar learning magical powers related to three of the four elements, only to later defeat the gods responsible for them. You don't get to acquire any water-based powers, since the mastery of that element seems to be an inborn talent of a particular royal family. However, the player can optionally learn Thaumaturgy, a branch of magic particular to a fifth element, Aether.

* The Elemental class in ''VideoGame/TwilightHeroes'' has powers and skills themed on the four classical elements.

* The main enemies of the first ''VideoGame/ZoidsSaga'' are called the Four Heavenly Kings, and their first Zoids correspond to the four "heavenly creatures" associated with them -- a blue dragon (dinosaur), red bird (well, dragon), white tiger and black tortoise. There's also some subtle ThemeNaming happening, based on the corresponding elements: Blood ''Keel'' = wood, ''Flam'' Vogel = fire, ''Gale'' Tusk = metal (+ wind), and Opis Kerone = water (Opis was a water spirit in Greek mythology).
* The Creator/{{Psygnosis}} RPG ''Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard'' has Earth, Chaos, Dragon (fire), and Night. The game lets you pick from sixteen characters--one for each element for each of the four classes. Character alignment affects what spells you can learn.
* ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'' and ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' feature eight elements in general: Earth/Nature, Fire, Wind, Water, Energy, Ice, Light, and Darkness. ''VideoGame/DragonFable''[='=]s main storyline also revolves around eight elemental orbs, each one with one of those respective elements. It also throws in a ninth element, called Void, which is drawn from a magical realm of the same name.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge''
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', elements aren't considered polar opposites, but allied. Learning Fire and Ice together, or Earth and Lightning (a more spectacular manifestation of Air) improves mastery of both. There's also the Spirit element, and the [[GravityMaster Force]] school amplifies the side effects of all elements (Fire burns, Ice freezes, Earth knocks down and Lightning stuns.)
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' makes Fire and Ice separate skill trees, and gives Lightning (Storm) a tree to itself, removing Earth altogether.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', depending on what enemy he copies, can control a ton of different elements: There are the standard ones, like Stone, Iron/Sword/Spear/Cutter (for Metal), Leaf, Water/Bubble, Ice/Freeze, Fire/Burning, Tornado/Wing (for Wind), and Animal, but then there are weirder ones, like Needle, Magic (which is stage magic), Fighter/Suplex, UFO, Laser/Beam, Ghost, Ball, Mini...
** A complete list can be found [[http://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_copy_abilities Here.]]
* In ''Videogame/EarthBound'', you can use thunder, fire, stars, ice, and light (in the form of PK Flash). PK Rockin, Ness' signature move, sounds like it's control over Sound.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qwcxLIzvM&feature=related Storm, Earth, and Fire! Heed my call!]]
* ''VideoGame/SepterraCore''. The spell cards provide these.
* ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'', given its very silly place on the SlidingScaleOfSeriousnessVersusSilliness, has some rather odd damage types, though even its normal elements are oddly named:
** Conflagratory: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]. The entire Promethean Magic school focuses on spells to burn ''everything'', though [[CripplingOverspecialization this isn't always a good thing]].
** Hyperborean: [[AnIcePerson Ice]].
** Voltaic: [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]]. Often found with [[HornyVikings Viking]] [[MagicKnight Wizardry]], courtesy of Thor.
** Toxic: [[UniversalPoison Self-explanatory]], and one of Fleshsmithing's two main ways of hurting things.
** Righteous: Sometimes [[LightTheWay Light]], sometimes [[HolyHandGrenade Holy]]. Astrology uses a lot of it, as does demonology, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters at first]].
** Necromantic: [[TheNecromancer Self-explanatory]]. Necronomiconomics loves this damage type, and you'll be facing it a lot.
** Acidic: [[AcidAttack Self-explanatory]]
** Putrefying: The other part of Fleshsmithing's damage output, rots the flesh off the target. Often found with, but otherwise unrelated to, necromantic damage.
** Transmutative: Attacks like turning chunks of your opponent into gold coins or just plain re-arranging their atoms. Combines elements of [[ILoveNuclearPower radiation]] and PureEnergy. Mathemagic loves this one, and it's common among magical staves as well.
** Aethereal: Magic from the stars, one of the primary damage types dealt by Astrology.
** Asphyxiative: Anything you risk choking to death on.
** Existential: Sort-of psychic, sort of darkness, and rarely seen outside of Emomancy.
* ''VideoGame/AnvilOfDawn'' has seven schools of magic: the usual four, plus Lightning, Flesh, and Void.
* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series has most of the basic elements but divides them up based on character class or type. [[BlackMage Wizards]] only get fire and ice magics, while [[WhiteMage clerics]] get wind and dark magics. The hero is associated with lightning. In fact, only the hero and the hero class can learn lightning magic. Of the standard four elements earth is extremely uncommon. Offensive light magic as a counter to dark is also pretty rare though the role is partially taken up by the lightning element.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' uses the Greek four, plus light. [[MadScientist Relmyna Verenim]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Shivering Isles]]'' believes she's found a sixth element, flesh.
* ''VideoGame/BattleHigh'' is a FightingGame where all characters have some sort of elemental power. The neat thing is, every character uses their powers differently, so no two characters fight alike, even if they have the same element.
* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' VI to VIII has nine schools of magic (split into three categories). Four of them are explicitly categorised as Elemental magic (Fire, Earth, Water and Air). The Self-Magic schools (Body, Spirit, Mind) contain supportive spells and status effects, though they have occasional damaging spells as well. Finally, there is advanced Dark and Light magic. In ''VI'' the spels dealt one of 5 types of damage (Fire, Poison, Cold, Electricity, Magic) and only in later games they would deal the elemental damage of school they're in (though there is occasional exception such as Dark Magic's Shrapmetal, which does physical damage instead). There is also an Energy element that does not have a magic school but is available to you in ''VI'' and ''VII'' via Ancient Weapons and is usually the damage typing of strongest monsters in the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakensang}}'': In ''Drakensang 2: Phileasson's Secret'', at one point you have to learn and use the powers of the six elven elements of Tie'Shianna, first in a series of room to complete a labyrinth, and then in a boss battle. The elements (and respective power ups) are:
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]: Burns through your veins, increasing your might and boosting your attack.
** [[BlowYouAway Air]]: The winds of freedom storms the enemies, unleashing allies on them.
** [[AnIcePerson Ice]]: Freezes the blood of your enemies, injuring them.
** [[GreenThumb Earth]]: Embraces you with the warmth of life, covering the battlefield with a healing aura.
** [[MakingASplash Water]]: The everchanging element breaks through the defense of your foes.
** [[DishingOutDirt Stone]]: The might of stone will stop your enemies (or, in the boss battle, prevent him from summoning reinforcements).
* ''VideoGame/{{Magicka}}'''s magick system is entirely based around combining eight elements, each with different properties and effects, (including opposites with which they cannot be combined) to create your own spells.
** Water: Creates a spray that makes targets wet and pushes them around, but does no damage on its own. Opposite of Lightning.
** Life: Heals things (except undead, which it hurts). Opposite of Arcane.
** Shield: Creates a barrier out of energy. When combined with other elements, makes barriers out of those elements. Can also be used to make personal shields, elemental resistance auras, and landmines.
** Cold: Creates a spray that chills enemies, and freezes them if they are wet. Can also be used to freeze water, making bridges. Opposite of Fire.
** Lightning: Electrocutes people, jumps between targets, does extra damage to wet targets. Opposite of Water and Earth.
** Arcane: Fires beams of energy, and turns whatever it's combined with into a beam. Opposite of Life.
** Earth: Fires boulders, and turns whatever it's combined with into a projectile. Opposite of Lightning.
** Fire: Creates a spray that sets things on fire. Opposite of Cold.
** There are also two elements that can be made by combining other elements. Ice (Water+Cold) has similar properties to Earth, but fires a spread of projectiles. Steam (Water+Fire) acts like Water but has no opposites, and is used in the recipes of Magicks related to air, weather, or the sky.
** If you cast a spell with no elements selected it uses Air, which pushes once and does no damage.
** There was originally a Poison element that was removed from the players' arsenal due to being overpowered, but is still used by certain weapons and enemies that give a Poison effect, and there's one section where you fight Elementals attributed to Water, Life, Cold, Lightning, Arcane, Fire, and Poison.
* ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' has earth, fire, water, light, and dark. Earth, fire, and water are in a triangle just like pokemon, while light and dark are effective against each other.
* ''Videogame/{{OFF}}'' does have elemental attacks, though the actual elements are Smoke, Metal, Plastic, Meat and [[spoiler:Sugar]]. A few parallels are made, like Metal being earth and Smoke being air, but that's about the extent of it. [[WidgetSeries It's an odd game]].
* ''Videogame/ArmageddonMUD'' has six kinds of elementalists, all getting an in-universe name:
** [[MakingASplash Vivaduans]] are the game's resident water mages, whose spells focus on healing and restoration.
** [[DishingOutDirt Rukkians]] use the earth element's powers, and are said to have spells good at protecting people.
** [[BlowYouAway Whirans]] control the element of air, and use magicks useful for transportation and stealth.
** [[PlayingWithFire Krathi]] can channel the powers of fire, which is used mostly to [[KillItWithFire deal death and destroy.]]
** [[CastingAShadow Drovians]] are those mages who use the shadow element, and are described as a secretive, elusive lot.
** [[ShockAndAwe Elkrosians]] use both energy and electricity in the spells they cast, with spells focused on great bursts of force.
** [[PowerOfTheVoid Nilazi]] deserve mention for not controlling an actual element, but more a pseudo-element that is anathema to all the other magickers' powers.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Spellbreaker}}'', the player character discovers thirteen of the seventeen Cubes of Foundation, each linked to an element. The cubes are grouped into four categories:
** Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
** Life, Death, Light, and Dark
** Time, Change, Mind, and Connectivity
** (The other four cubes, never revealed)
** And then the final cube, Magic.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** The series have had such powers exhibited to at least a minor extent by the Sages ever since ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', with the Sages of [[GreenThumb Forest]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[SoulPower Spirit]], [[CastingAShadow Shadow]], and [[LightEmUp Light]]. In addition, the three Golden Goddesses Din (fire and earth), Nayru (water), and Farore (air and [[GreenThumb wood]]) [[CreationMyth are said to have created the world with these powers]].
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', Link can obtain four magic rods ([[PlayingWithFire Fire Rod]], [[AnIcePerson Ice Rod]], [[BlowYouAway Tornado Rod]] and [[DishingOutDirt Sand Rod]]), which also roughly correspond to the Four Elements (fire, water, air and earth). Some of them existed before, but this is the first time he's been able to obtain the whole set.
** Who gets which element has been played with before. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', we find that a [[WingedHumanoid Rito]] is the Sage of ''Earth''. The previous one? A ''[[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Zora]]''. Meanwhile, the Sage of Winds is sort of an in-joke: in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]],'' the Forest Temple in the Kokiri Forest was going to be a Wind Temple. So in Wind Waker, a Korok (altered/evolved Kokiri) is the new Wind Sage and a Kokiri was the old one.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the Divine Beasts have the power to control different elements. Fire and magma for Rudania. Water and ice for Ruta. Wind for Medoh. Earth and lightning for Naboris.
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' assigns each character one of five weapons based on their element: fire, lightning, light, water, and shadow. These ''roughly'' correspond with ''Ocarina of Time''[='=]s Sages, except with Spirit replaced with lightning (both use [[ColorCodedElements orange]]) and with forest/wind removed[[labelnote:note]]Specifically, "forest" is merged with water, as Lana's Deku Stick class of weapons is given the water element[[/labelnote]].
* ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' has six: Fire, Water Earth, Thunder, Light and Dark. Each summons can be of one element and has a simple advantage and disadvantage to one or two others.
* ''VideoGame/TheDenpaMen'' has eight different elements: Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth, Electricity, Water, Light, and Darkness. Magic antennas correspond to these elements (as well as the Denpa Men's body colors). All but Darkness are common, but to make up for it, Dark is an extremely powerful element offensively. Very few enemies resist Dark-type attacks, and many are outright ''weak'' to them.
** Some gear you can give your Denpa Man will change the element of its physical attack (normally typeless). For example, a pair of Shock Gloves will give your Denpa Man more physical strength AND an Electric-type physical attack.
** In ''The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll'', there are dual-type magic antennas. Under very specific circumstances, a Denpa Man's party-wide magic antenna can evolve into a different antenna with a different name and design, an extra element, and more power.
* ''VideoGame/GridWarrior'' has eight: Fire, Ice, Water, Lightning, Earth, Wind, Light and Virus/Darkness. Each element specializes in a certain aspect-- Fire deals heavy damage, Ice slows enemies, Water deals area knockback, Lightning penetrates armor, Earth has AntiAir and Stun, Wind destroys projectiles, Light slows along with homing projectiles and Virus/Darkness causes a poison effect.
* In ''Elemental Master'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Laden starts out as a user of Light magic, and through completing stages gains access to Fire, Wind, Earth and Water as well.
* In ''VideoGame/KultHereticKingdoms'', Alita has to choose (non-permanently) an element to begin her magic use with, picking between Fire, Water, Air, and Earth (which are said to correspond with destruction, paralysis, speed, and resilience, respectively).

* ''VideoGame/FlightRising'' has 11 elements: [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[BlowYouAway Wind]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[LightEmUp Light]], [[CastingAShadow Shadow]], [[GreenThumb Nature]], [[BiologicalWeaponsSolveEverything Plague]], and [[PureEnergy Arcane]]; each element is associated with a flight (the site's factions), which themselves are ruled by a dragon god. The Coliseum makes ample use of ElementalRockPaperScissors, with each element being strong against and weak to multiple other elements.

* Elementalists in ''VideoGame/GuildWars''. They have five spell attributes: Fire, Earth, Air (Most of which are Lightning), Water (Most of which are Ice), and their Primary Attribute, Energy Storage, which gives them a large Energy (mana) pool. It has one offensive spell, Energy Blast, which does more damage based on how much Energy you currently have. ElementalRockPaperScissors isn't invoked much, mainly against some monsters with an obvious elemental bent.
** Mesmers can also perhaps be called in here, invoking a strange mix of Heart and Mind, collectively designated Chaos, and they excel at making life for other people miserable by turning their own powers against them, sabotaging those powers, and attacking the very essence of the enemy.
** Rangers also feature a series of Nature Rituals, tying them into Life, and Ritualists use Spirit as their main power source, with some ties to Life.
* Kameo from ''VideoGame/KameoElementsOfPower'' uses her powers to transform into ten Elemental Warriors related to Plant (Pummel Weed and Snare), Earth (Major Ruin and Rubble), Ice (Chilla and 40 Below), Water (Deep Blue and Flex), and Fire (Ash and Thermite).
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', there are the five elements of Hot, Cold, Spooky, Stench, and Sleaze, with rare occurrences of Bad Spelling and Shadow (the former used by creatures parodying the Internet like Flaming Trolls and Spam Witches, the latter used, appropriately, by your [[MirrorMatch Shadow]])
* The MMORPG ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' has 9 elements. Earth, Fire , Wind (most of it is lightning), Water ( almost everything of it is ice), Ghost , Holy , Undead , Dark , Poison. There's also neutral. First five are used by Mages, holy by Priest and Crusaders, Poison is utilized by Assassins. Dark and Undead is used by monsters. The game involves ElementalRockPaperScissors and elemental levels, from 1 to 4. The higher the elemental level the more important its elemental weaknesses and strengths. A [=Water1=] monster is highly resistant to fire attacks, but a [=Water4=] is invulnerable to them.
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' has multiple powersets for using many elements for ranged and melee attacks, defensive armors, [[StandardStatusEffects controls]], and [[StatusBuff buffs]] and debuffs. Elements available include Fire, Wind (Storm), Electricity, Ice, Darkness, Energy, and one of the few heroic examples of Radiation, used by one unambiguously heroic character.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', the basic spell book divides up offensive spells into wind, water, earth and fire attacks. The Ancient spellbook on the other hand uses smoke, shadow, blood, ice and miasma spells. In addition, all spells are based on Runes. Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Mind and Body Runes can be crafted and used by anybody. Nature, Death, Order, Chaos and Cosmic Runes can only be crafted by [[BribingYourWayToVictory Members]]. Blood, Soul and Astral Runes (and the Life Rune before it was scrapped) can only be crafted or used by Members. There are also Runes made from combining the classical elements: Lava (Earth+Fire), Mud (Earth+Water), Dust (Earth+Air), Smoke (Air+Fire), Mist (Air+Water) and Steam (Water+Fire).
* ''VideoGame/{{Rift}}'' has six elemental planes that are all trying to invade the world of Telara. To wit, Life, Death, Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, each and every one of them opening the titular rifts and each and every one of them hating all the others. Fun times, everybody!
* In addition to all the elements that both ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'' and ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' feature, ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' throws in a new tenth elemental in the form of Chaos, which is represented by purple Chaos tentacles and a purple eye. Chaos has the power to chaorrupt (short for chaos corrupt) objects and beings, sapping them of their sanity and giving them the power to chaorrupt others. It is controlled by the BigBad, Drakath, and his 13 Lords of Chaos.
* The Monk class in ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'' come stock with elemental attacks in Air, Fire, Earth and Water, which adds electric, fire, acid and cold damage to attacks, respectively. Combining or repeating some attacks yield special results, such as shooting flames from your hand. Offensive/defense stances based on the elements are included, too. Earth gives best defense, Fire gives best strength to damage, Wind generates the fastest and most prolific attacks, and Water generates the best offensive/defensive balance. A [[PowerOfTheVoid Void attack]] is optionally available, which, in its ultimate form, sends a foe out of existence. Special attacks that generate light, force and negative energy damage make the class nearly a TropeCodifier, were it not for the online game's relative youth.
** Elemental damage powers are common in the game. Acid, cold, lightning, and fire attacks are associated with earth, water, air, and (of course) fire, respectively. There are also Sonic and Force attacks, which are treated like the other "energy" attacks but are not associated with an element.
* ''VideoGame/WildStar'' has six 'primal elements' that compose everything in the universe: the four base elemental energies (air, earth, fire, and water) and the forces that bind them (life and logic). Creatures heavily 'infused' with one or more of these elements are common enemies; some are even composed of pure Primal energy alone.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'': While only one character has actual powers, the three side characters all have pact partners associated with a classical element: Leonard's is a sylph (air), Sere is a golem (earth, though the original creature was a gnome), and Arioch has Salamander and Undine (fire and water, used as a YinYangBomb).
* Both ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' and ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' have these elemental powers: Fire, Cold, Electricity, Acid, Sonic, Magic, Divine, Positive energy and Negative energy.
* ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'' has many powers. Maximizing all resistances can be very challenging especially in higher difficulties. The powers are: Fire, Cold, Lightning, Acid (with Poison as its long-term counterpart), Vitality (health-draining effects coming from both necromantic artes and contact with the Ch'thonic void), Aether (often brought in by Aetherial spirits and raw magic) and Chaos (seen in both Voidborne and Hellish magics as well as raw primordial energy, usually accompanies fire).

* Several in ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'':
** Physical (piercing, slashing, crushing). Can also be found in disruptors, but only in the first installment.
** Fire/Heat.
** Cold.
** Electric. Mostly from dark side powers.
** Sonic.
** Poison.
** Energy. Lighsabers and blasters.
** Ion. Devastating against droids.
** Unstoppable. Only found in disruptors of the [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords the sequel]] and some very rare items.
** Light Side energy. Some very rare items have this power.
** Dark Side energy. Some very rare items have this power.
* ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'':
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] is strong against Earth creatures.
** [[MakingASplash Water/Ice]] is strong against Fire.
** [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]] is strong against Water.
** [[LightEmUp Light]] is strong against Dark creatures, and no enemies are resistant to it.
* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'' [[GameMod ROM Hack]] ''VideoGame/PokemonSweetVersion'': There are 12 types total, in the first game: Vanilla, Cherry, Strawberry, Apple, Orange, Banana, Lemon, Lime, Blueberry, Grape, Raspberry and Chocolate. The sequel added 8 more types: Mint, Peanut, Molasses, Marshmallow, Honey, Coconut, Cinnamon, and Caramel.
* In ''[[VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo Kao The Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano]]'', you have to find 4 elemental artifacts in order to open a door leading to the Final Boss. The levels that you find these artifacts in are themed after the four elements.
* ''{{VideoGame/Warframe}}'' has ''fourteen'' of them, each with its own peculiar effect:
** Three physical elements: Impact (knockback), Puncture (lowers damage dealt) and Slash (damage over time bypassing shields and armor).
** Four basic elements: Heat (damage over time, causes a panic effect plus halved armor), Cold (reduces attack and movement speed), Electricity (chains between enemies and stuns) and Toxin (heavy damage over time).
** Six combined elements: Blast (Heat+Cold, reduced accuracy), Corrosive (Electricity+Toxin, lowers armor per stack up to 80%), Gas (Heat+Toxin, area of effect + dual-effect Toxin), Magnetic (Cold+Electricity, drains energy and increases damage to shields whilst preventing shield regeneration), Radiation (Heat+Electricity, causes enemies to fight each other) and Viral (Cold+Toxin, deal more damage to HP per stack).
** And last but not least, the two ElementNumberFive, Void (ignores all elemental resistances) and True (ignores ''everything'').
* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': All characters have an associated elemental power: Fire, Earth, Wind, or Water. A couple of rare characters have Darkness or Light as well, while the protagonists (being [[spoiler:actual humans]]) are Neutral. There's an ElementalRockPaperScissors system going on that determines whether characters are resistant or weak to attacks by an enemy. It also comes into play in the story somewhat: in the first game, Oboro and Karulau are both said to be Fire-aligned, which causes them to instinctively want to fight each other. Yuzuha's sickness is said to be caused because she is aligned with all four elements at once, which ravages her body since that's not meant to happen. In the sequels, Yuzuha's daughter Kuon inherited this, but due to also being [[spoiler:essentially a demi-god]], Kuon avoids the sickness issue by magically suppressing three of the elements within herself... in effect, she can swap between elements as she likes.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has each and every playable character fall under an element. The first game had Magic, Tech, Life, Undead, Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. The fourth game in the series added in Light and Dark to the mix of elements. And the series’ big bad, the [[LargeHam extremely hammy]] Kaos has his own self titled element.
* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' (''Kiseki'' in Japan) uses seven different elements for its system. Interestingly, ''anyone'' can invoke elemental powers by using a [[MagicFromTechnology Combat Orbment]], and use any or all elements by fitting appropriate-color quartz into it. There are [[ElementalTiers two tiers]]; four lower elements (Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth) and three higher elements (Time, Space, and Mirage).
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] is represented with the color red, and ruby quartz, and its primarily-offensive spell list ranges from small fireballs to supernova-like explosions.
** [[MakingASplash Water]] is represented with the color blue, and sapphire quartz, and primarily invokes healing spells (manifest as purifying drops of water) plus some offensive magic such as water geysers or [[AnIcePerson ice storms]].
** [[BlowYouAway Wind]] is represented with the color green, and emerald quartz, and uses windstorms to blow enemies around or improve allies' movement and agility. [[ShockAndAwe Lightning attacks]] also fall under the purview of wind.
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] is represented with the color brown, and topaz quartz. Besides throwing boulders or creating earthquakes, it can also create protective walls around allies.
** {{Time|Master}} is represented with the color black, and onyx quartz. Its support magic, predictably, involves speeding up or slowing down time, but strangely its offensive magic typically invokes [[CastingAShadow dark powers]] such as blades of darkness or channeling power out of a {{Hellgate}}.
** {{Space|Master}} is represented with the color yellow, and gold quartz. Its primary spells include [[GravityMaster gravity wells and miniature black holes]]. As the counterpart to Time, it also sometimes includes [[LightEmUp light-based magic]]. True masters of the element, such as Georg Weissmann, can even teleport or temporarily displace people from reality.
** [[MasterOfIllusion Mirage]] is represented with the color gray, and silver quartz. The strangest of the elements, Mirage governs cognition and information, and [[{{Lunacy}} is often associated with the moon]]. Its repetoire primarily consists of support magic for confusing or debilitating your enemies, [[EnemyScan information gathering]], and a small handful of PureEnergy attacks for offensive presence. Powerful enough Mirage entities, such as the [[PhysicalGod Demiourgos]], can alter more than just the ''perception'' of reality; [[RealityWarper they can manipulate actual reality.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'', the Guardian Spirits and a few Yokai are based on different elements, usually each with a related status effect. These include: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] (Scorched, suffers damage over time), [[MakingASplash Water]] (Saturated, suffers 20% more physical damage), [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] (Muddied,suffers double damage from Ki attacks), [[BlowYouAway Wind]] (Blustered, weakens attack and defense) and [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]] (Electrified, slows down movement).
* In ''VideoGame/ShuyanSaga'', the [[GuardianEntity guardian spirits]] of each of the Five Kingdoms seems to be associated with a different element (and since the Five Kingdoms are based on China, the elements are probably the five classical Chinese elements). The Vermillion Phoenix, protector of Shuyan's kingdom, is associated with fire.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', [[{{Mana}} Light magic]] comes in three elemental forms; Solar (Fire, with hints of Star), Arc (Electricity), and Void. Dark (Shadow) magic also exists, but is believed to be [[TheCorruption an inherently evil and corrupting force]] and is effectively banned as a result.
* The four main sets of damage-dealing spells in the ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'' games for the Game Boy Color act as elemental powers. Flipendo is [[BlowYouAway wind]], Vermilious is PureEnergy, Verdimilious is [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], and Incendio is [[PlayingWithFire fire]].
* In ''VideoGame/EarthAndSky'', Austin and Emily wear superpower-granting suits with elemental themes: the earthsuit gives Austin super-strength, damage resistance, and the ability to leap great distances; the skysuit gives Emily the power of flight and the ability to generate fog and lightning. The final chapter of the series reveals that there are also fire and water themed suits, [[spoiler:worn by Austin and Emily's parents, the long-missing creators of the suits]].
* The Chinese MMORPG ''VideoGame/RocoKingdom'' has a set of {{Mons}} as one of its primary elements (no pun intended!), with these Mons, called "pets", each having one or two of several power types that may or may not be based on an elemental power - much like in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. The possible types include 火 ([[PlayingWithFire fire]]), 水 ([[MakingASplash water]]), 电 ([[ShockAndAwe electricity]]), 草 ([[GreenThumb grass]]), 冰 ([[AnIcePerson ice]]), 武 (martial arts), 毒 ([[PoisonousPerson poison]]), 土 ([[DishingOutDirt soil]]), 翼 (wing), 萌 (cute), 虫 (insect), 石 (stone), 幽 (quiet), 龙 (dragon), 恶魔 (demon), 机械 (mechanical), and 光系 ([[LightEmUp light]]).
* ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'': The game has only two elements, [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. All armor is resistant to one of these elements while being weak to the other, forcing the player to consider their characters' elemental weaknesses when going up against rogues and wizards. Rogue classes also have access to a field effect that can shift everyone's elemental resistances one way or the other.
* ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'''s setting and characters are based around the four classical elements. Additional characters have "sub-elements" related to one of the main elements.
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] is represented by Zetterburn. The sub-elements are [[SuperSmoke smoke]] (Forsburn) and plasma (Clairen).
** [[MakingASplash Water]] is represented by Orcane. The sub-elements are [[AnIcePerson ice]] (Eltalus) and {{poison|ousPerson}} (Ranno).
** [[BlowYouAway Air]] is represented by Wrastor. The sub-elements are [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] (Absa) and steam (Elliana).
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] is represented by Kragg. It only has one sub-element, [[GreenThumb plants]], which is represented by Maypul and Sylvanos.
* ''VideoGame/AfterArmageddonGaiden'': Each one of the five main characters has control of a specific element of magic. Radune is [[BlowYouAway Wind]] (which includes [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]), Jokos is [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], Dhalzam is [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], Freya is [[MakingASplash Water]] (including [[AnIcePerson ice]]), and Loperus is [[PowerOfTheVoid Nothingness]].
* ''Gacha World'' has [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[BlowYouAway Wind]] (including [[DishingOutDirt Earth]]), [[LightEmUp Light]], and [[CastingAShadow Darkness]]. The first three form an [[ElementalRockPaperScissors affinity triangle]], while Light and Darkness have a MutualDisadvantage.
** ''Gacha Club'' keeps all of the above, and adds [[InfinityPlusOneElement Corruption and DJ]] to the mix.
* [[BigBad Wizeman]] from ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' uses fireballs, ice balls, waves of boulders, and tornadoes against the Visitors, hitting the four basic elements.
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'':
** "Magic" attacks are referred to as "Elemental" attacks. Most of the jobs are capable of using at least one Elemental attack:
** Clerics use the element of light, which they can cast on a single enemy or all enemies.
** Scholars use multi-target fire, ice, and lightning spells.
** Merchants have the element of wind, single-target or multi-target
** Warriors are the odd man out and use only physical attacks.
** Dancers use single-target and multi-target darkness abilities.
** Apothecaries have a single-target ice attack.
** Thieves have a single-target fire attack.
** Hunters have a single-target lightning attack.
** Even beyond the eight classes, elements can still show up. Of the four secret classes, a Sorcerer gets access to multi-target attacks of each of the six elements; a Starseer gets one attack that causes Light, Dark, and Wind damage; and a Runelord adds elemental damage to physical attacks, with their Divine skill targeting one enemy with all six elements. The Warmaster is like the Warrior in that the class gets no elemental attacks.
* In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', the seven elements are [[MakingASplash Hydro]], [[GreenThumb Dendro]], [[PlayingWithFire Pyro]], [[AnIcePerson Cryo]], [[ShockAndAwe Electro]], [[BlowYouAway Anemo]], and [[DishingOutDirt Geo]]. They have a wide variety of interactions, like Electro and Pyro causing explosions or Anemo spreading other elements' effects.
* ''VideoGame/MeiQLabyrinthOfDeath'': The five elements are Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth. Each heroine and Guardian have a certain elemental affinity, and matching a mage to a Guardian will bolster that affinity. There is also ElementalRockPaperScissors to consider, as enemies can and will try to exploit weaknesses.

** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' has the Vellumentals, four element-themed deity figures that each give Olivia an Elementa Power when defeated. In the order encountered, they are Earth, Water, Fire, and Ice.

* In the first ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' game, there are eight temples for the eight elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Darkness, and Light. Spellcasting characters can use spells from each element except for darkness, which for some reason doesn't have spells other than one of Sheena's summons late in the game. In the second Tales of Symphonia game, each character is assigned a different element.
** There are dark spells. They just fall under BadPowersBadPeople, which is why none of your allies can use it.
*** Not necessarily. Sheena can gain access to Dark Element powers via shadow, and they're are also several weapons throughout the game which deal dark-element damage to enemies. In other Tales games, however, you can cast dark element spells {ie Negative Gate, Violent Pain, etc,}.

* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' has three elements: Fire, Ice, and Wind. All units resist one element and is weak to another. There's a fourth element called Star, which is the neutral element. Nothing is weak against it, and nothing resists it.

** Four basic elements: Heat (damage over time, causes a panic effect), Cold (reduces attack and movement speed), Electricity (chains between enemies and stuns) and Toxin (heavy damage over time).
** Six combined elements: Blast (Heat+Cold, area of effect knockdown), Corrosive (Electricity+Toxin, lowers armor permanantly), Gas (Heat+Toxin, area of effect + dual-effect Toxin), Magnetic (Cold+Electricity, drains energy and lowers max shields), Radiation (Heat+Electricity, causes enemies to fight eachother) and Viral (Cold+Toxin, lowers max HP).
** And last but not least, the two ElementNumberFive, Void (ignores all elemental resistances) and Finishing (ignores ''everything'').

* In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', the seven elements are [[MakingASplash Hydro]], [[GreenThumb Dendro]], [[PlayingWithFire Pyro]], [[AnIcePerson Cryo]], [[BlowYouAway Anemo]], and [[DishingOutDirt Geo]]. They have a wide variety of interactions, like Electro and Pyro causing explosions or Anemo spreading other elements' effects.

** Shadow is a type that, so far, only exists in the ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' games. Technically it is the only element that is a temporary one as well as potential for Pokémon to have a third possible "type", but in certain circles, it still counts as a type in and of itself. The same may also apply to [[WildCard ???]] but only if one wants to count this not-so-legal type.
** The ??? type officially doesn't exist as of [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation V]]. Curse is officially a Ghost-type move from this point.

** [[BlowYouAway Air]] is represented by Wrastor. The sub-elements are [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] (Absa) and {{steam}} (Elliana).

** Unstoppable. Only found in disruptors of the [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII the sequel]] and some very rare items.

* The ''VideoGame/MagicalVacation'' series really stretches the definition of what counts as "Elemental Powers", with characters having powers over Sound, Beauty, Poison, Bug, Beast, Machinery, and Love along with the more traditional ones.

* BigBad Wizeman from ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' uses fireballs, ice balls, waves of boulders, and tornadoes against the Visitors, hitting the four basic elements.

** Blue Mages or other casters not directly connected to the classic classes often conver the more unusual elements. White Mages often get Holy, though.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', the last boss Chaos has the powers of the four elemental fiends at his command, and thus uses the powerful elemental spells Blaze, Tsunami, Tornado and Earthquake. This is echoed in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', where Chaos' original form Garland has these spells as well. What's more, Garland's SwissArmyWeapon has four alternate forms, each symbolising an element, and he uses each form to launch that element's attack.

* The MMORPG ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' has 9 elements. Earth, Fire , Wind (most of it is lightning), Water ( almost everything of it is ice), Ghost , Holy , Undead , Dark , Poison. There's also neutral. First five are used by Mages, holy by Priest and Crusaders, Poison is utilized by Assasins. Dark and Undead is used by monsters. The game involves ElementalRockPaperScissors and elemental levels, from 1 to 4. The higher the elemental level the more important its elemental weaknesses and strengths. A [=Water1=] monster is highly resistant to fire attacks, but a [=Water4=] is invulnerable to them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': All characters have an associated elemental power: Fire, Earth, Wind, or Water. A couple of rare characters have Darkness or Neutral as well. There's an ElementalRockPaperScissors system going on that determines whether characters are resistant or weak to attacks by an enemy. It also comes into play in the story somewhat: in the first game, Oboro and Karulau are both said to be Fire-aligned, which causes them to instinctively want to fight each other. Yuzuha's sickness is said to be caused because she is aligned with all four elements at once, which ravages her body since that's not meant to happen. In the sequels, Yuzuha's daughter Kuon inherited this, but due to also being [[spoiler:essentially a demi-god]], Kuon avoids the sickness issue by magically suppressing three of the elements within herself... in effect, she can swap between elements as she likes.

* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' VI to VIII has nine schools of magic (split into three categories). Four of them are explicitly categorised as Elemental magic (Fire, Earth, Water and Air). The Self-Magic schools (Body, Spirit, Mind) contain supportive spells and status effects, though they have occasional damaging spells as well. Finally, there is advanced Dark and Light magic. In ''VI'' the games dealt one of 5 types of damage (Fire, Poison, Cold, Electricity, Magic) and only in later games they would deal the elemental damage of school they're in (though there is occasional exception such as Dark Magic's Shrapmetal, which does physical damage instead). There is also an Energy element that does not have a magic school but is available to you in ''VI'' and ''VII'' via Ancient Weapons and is usually the element of attack of strongest monsters in the game.

** This is present in the series' Destruction school of magic. The three elemental types are [[FireIceLightning Fire, Frost, and Shock]]. While the exact effects of each type vary depending on the game, they generally follow the following formula: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] spells tend to deal the most direct damage, cost the least [[{{Mana}} Magicka]] to use, and often have the effect of continuing to burn the target for some time after the initial impact. [[AnIcePerson Frost]] spells tend to do the least direct damage, but typically have secondary effects of slowing the movement speed of targets after they've been hit as well as draining the target's Stamina. This makes Frost spells especially effective against enemy melee combatants. [[ShockAndAwe Shock]] spells typically deal damage somewhere in between Fire and Frost, cost the most Magicka, (if ranged) sometimes strike instantly (similar to a HitScan attack), and sometimes drain Magicka in addition to damaging health. This makes Shock spells especially effective against enemy spellcasters. A fourth "element" covered by the Destruction school is [[PoisonousPerson Poison]]-based magic, which often deals little direct damage but drains the health of the target over a longer period of time.

* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' VI to VIII has nine schools of magic (split into three categories). Four of them are explicitly categorised as Elemental magic (Fire, Earth, Water and Air)). Light magic allows the summoning of Light elementals, so the other school in the same category (the Mirrored Schools), Dark magic, presumably has some elemental aspects even if the games don't showcase it.

* The elements [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Water]], [[ShockAndAwe Air]] and [[RockSteady Earth]] appear in the game ''VideoGame/DragonRage'', though only Ceal Cyndar and General Mandek can use them all.